This was my 1st time seeing Coal Chamber. I got into them just before the TATTOO THE EARTH tour in 2000. They were supposed to be on that tour, but they broke up, I think. Anyway, it was cool to see them. I wanted to hear the song "Pig," but oh well. Their set was good, but not as good as I hoped it would be. It sort of dragged on. I'm still glad I finally got to see em.

Sevendust headlined. The place was PACKED. I was pleasantly surprised. They said the 1st time they ever played in Milwaukee was at The Rave on Oct. 3rd 1997, and this was their 19th time playing there. That's pretty cool. Clint Lowery was not at this show b/c he recently had a child, so a friend of theirs named Troy filled in. I think they said he's a guitar tech for Seether. I was hoping to hear some new songs, but they only played one song off of BLACK OUT THE SUN. I was also teased w/ about 15 seconds of the beginning of the song "Home." I would've been so happy to hear that! This Sevendust set was pretty standard. I've seen them about 40x now, and this one was nothing extra special.